Harvey Lederman
@LedermanHarvey
Professor of philosophy @UTAustin. Philosophical logic, formal epistemology, philosophy of language, Wang Yangming.
Scientific research is a public good, like highways and defense. It brings benefits to the nation and every aspect of civil society and the economy. Developing this infrastructure within the federal government would require an enormous expansion of government. 1/6
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.@littmath challenge: write one (1) tweet without using the abbreviation “FWIW”
History of Philosophy, Political Thought, Intellectual History, faculty.utexas.edu/career/165455 via @UTAustin
Philosophers can and should apply! faculty.utexas.edu/career/165455
Now pushing top 25 on the USAToday bestseller list! Congrats to Dean and @MikeGeruso usatoday.com/booklist/bookl…
Pub day for this fantastic @UTAustin book! It presents tons of data and arguments in a readable, engaging way. I was talking about the facts and ideas to everyone I know, and still think about them a lot. I *really* recommend you check it out!
Excited to see that After the Spike is a USA Today bestseller (#1 non-self-help nonfiction, in fact)! Huge congrats to Dean Spears and @MikeGeruso
After the Spike is a vital corrective to all those still suck in the 1970s “population bomb” mindset of thinking that we have “too many people on the planet already”, and should welcome having fewer people in future.
Over the past week, many thoughtful reviews of After the Spike, including some good-faith disagreements. Links to some reviews and commentaries in the thread.
So excited that this will be out in the world tomorrow! And grateful to everyone who helped make it happen.
i think our arguments are more like precision instruments but ok fine i will accept "sledgehammer" (@DorsaAmir @anilkseth @guardian)
After the Spike by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso will be published on 8 July.
Birth rates are crashing, especially in the developed world. Just how screwed are we? Here's my interview with economics professor Dean Spears on the fertility crisis. If you like living in an advanced civilization, watch this. Chapters: 0:22 - Introduction to the Fertility…
So excited that this will be out in the world tomorrow! And grateful to everyone who helped make it happen.
For 1 yr only, the 8th Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop will (paradoxically) be in Montreal! Keynote by Jane Friedman + 7 talks chosen via open CFA. As usual, accepted papers eligible for Phil Studies special issue. Submissions due Oct 15th; more info at normativity.web.unc.edu
Our paper on the logic of guesses is now out (w/ @NeilBramley and Chris Lucas). We provide a new information-theoretic perspective on many phenomena (old and new) in judgment under uncertainty. 🧵
This is my annual tweet advocating that students’ divergence from mean grade be reported on their transcript (including a summary cumulative average). This incentivizes students to seek classes that differentiate them and provides a needed incentive to counter grade inflation.